Mac Casper
@adonnis - pull up, there's refreshments
No . . Compton was trash
"Been There Done That" is what I would expect from Dr. Dre if he wasn't obviously (as evident by Compton) trying to pander to the modern hip-hop consumer
when dr. dre dropped "been there, done that" & then the aftermath album, what did u think?
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"Been There Done That" is what I would expect from Dr. Dre if he wasn't obviously (as evident by Compton) trying to pander to the modern hip-hop consumer
Playaz Eyez
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Compton was wack as fukk and maybe the biggest disappointment I've ever witnessed. Like you waited an eternity for dre to drop somethin, and then he finally announced "compton". I was hyped AS fukk, I mean with that title and it being inspired by the movie I was really expectin some real west coast shyt, that real "Dre sound" and another legendary album with anthems which would be instant classics. Instead we got this piece of shyt, there was no signature sound to be heard, it sounded like a bad mix of current trends & styles, and absolutely overproduced in general. So the production aspect was definetely wack as fukk. Same goes for the guests, his last 2 albums were defined by the great rappers he got to spit on his dope beats, and instead of rappers as dope as Snoop Doggy Dogg, Kurupt or Lady of Rage on The Chronic or Hittman, Snoop, Kurupt, Six Two (yes I'm leavin out wack ass eminem on purpose) we got Justus, King Mez or what the fukk they were called who brought absolutely NOTHING to the table. Even the OG's & Vets were a major disappointment, like Snoop on "One Shot One Kill" with his Kendrick Lamar impersonation
And last but not least: Dre sounded so incredibly wack on the album like "Damn wtf", because he had his shytten written by dudes like King Mez or that atrocious Kendrick Lamar fakkit and used their voices & flowsAbsolutely didnt match with dre and he sounded so corny on the album it really fukked me up.
Only song I really bumped is "Talking To My Diary" which is an older song and doesnt sound like the rest of this mess.
Another indicator of how lackluster this album is, is also the fact that it literally had zero impact. Not like his other albums which produced instant anthems that had everyone bumpin them.
So for me that album really fukked up dres legacy....
Guess I'll just agree to disagree then, cause I had no problem with the production. Issues, For the Love Of Money, Deep Water, Loose Cannons, One Shot One Kill, and Talking To My Diary were my go to tracks. As far as guest appearances, ideally I'm sure we would've liked to see something similar to '2001', but in 2015, should we really have expected to see Kurupt, Hittman, Six-Two, and other guys like that? Maybe I liked this album cause my expectations were up in the air for it, along with the fact that Dre's production went through a fairly mediocre phase before this dropped. My biggest problems with the album were how annoying Anderson Paak was throughout, and the fact that Kendrick Lamar clearly ghostwrote Dre's stuff, but didn't write it for Dre, but wrote it for himself and Dre rapped the lyrics. Dre sounded like Kendrick on nearly every song and I hated it. The Aftermath compilation was just bad all around. Crappy pots and pans dropping to the floor sounding beats and too many aimless features. It's an album that was dusty back then, and even worse now.
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Reality Check
Keepin' it 100
More evidence, that, despite him being a great producer, he's weak when it comes to R&B.
I love Latina women
Veteran
he did produced that 1st michel'le album and he produced jewell's cover of harvest for the world
TransJenner
Banned
Compton was trash
How you gonna call your album Compton and put Chiodos on it
Dre going thru his MySpace 2006 Emo phase
How you gonna call your album Compton and put Chiodos on it
Dre going thru his MySpace 2006 Emo phase
Thought it was a wrap for that nig.....come to think of it I've never heard the album
Corny ass video also
Corny ass video also
Reality Check
Keepin' it 100
he did produced that 1st michel'le album and he produced jewell's cover of harvest for the world
Michel'le's first album was 27 years ago and Jewell's song was 12 years. Not exactly a great track record for R&B
John Reena
Superstar
I remember all them interviews he did around that time he was saying "Gangsta rap dead, he gonna do R&B, Reggae, n Rock N Roll."
I was like
Then that shyt flopped, he found Eminem, went back to tha gangsta shyt. Da rest is history.
I was like
Then that shyt flopped, he found Eminem, went back to tha gangsta shyt. Da rest is history.
Mac Casper
@adonnis - pull up, there's refreshments
I remember all them interviews he did around that time he was saying "Gangsta rap dead, he gonna do R&B, Reggae, n Rock N Roll."
I was like
Then that shyt flopped, he found Eminem, went back to tha gangsta shyt. Da rest is history.
Dre is on some other ish compared to what he shows the public. Remember when he was talking about doing an album where each song was made to represent a planet
On a serious note, his greatest regret in life will probably be that he let himself be trapped within the confines of public perception
I love Latina women
Veteran
true, i was just sayin' he has touched the surface with it and when focused he's done pretty good
he produced that fast lane joint for bilal too, the song that featured jadakiss
i picked up that aftermath compilation cd for like a couple bucks from a bin..shyt was not good at all..it was pretty bad
although i did like been there done that
although i did like been there done that
richaveli83
Veteran
I thought he was washed up at that point. Granted I was 12 at the time and was stanning Death Row and 2Pac hard at that time so I was a little biased. Listened to the album again like two years ago and still felt it was wack but not as bad as I did in 1996.
Dr.HannibalLecter
Tha Realest
It's insane how good the Been There Done That beat sounds 20 years later
I mean compare it to other production from '96
Dre & Bud'da
I mean compare it to other production from '96
Dre & Bud'da